Until you come up with a slice of evidence to back up your myths, they are as viable as the current socialistic experiment. Your argument is a thousand years old. I'm sure they have taken into consideration in deciding to give this a shot. lol@ ability to create and inspire. There are just as many people doing that for pennies.
Lol, you ****ing idiots are talking to "Ronny" like he's a real person. ****ing morons. Hey, Ronny. Let me taste the sweet liquor of your imagined existence, you desperately-seeking-some-kind-of-absolutist-existence *******.
Lol, what an Islamic viewpoint. If it was relevant a thousand years ago, it's relevant now. There will be 72 virgins waiting for me if I do things the ... right way. We done seen how far that's gotten you, taking pictures of yourself pouting your lips and sticking out your chest at work like a webcam slut to prove your employment to your Western superiors. If you can't see the context of the big picture in life, then you'll never have a chance to conquer it. The entire premise of you asking for the numbers to re-assure you shows you just. don't. get. it. In terms of a paradigm shift, this is a generational first. Making historical correlations with say, the following Us relevant chart, and changes in wealth disparity, income distribution, income tax etc. over the years has no context to the situation we are in entering 2013. It's the beginning of the end for France as the destruction of the individual spirit will not work in a globalized world where opportunities are abundant... for those who can see them. Better version - Spoiler
I understand your frustrations, but you'll have to speak up. I can barely hear you from up here, with my bird's eye view of your existence.
lol!!! I thought you would at least find something which vaguely backs you up. So let's sum this up: - Historical trends are meaningless - Asking for numbers is for people who "don't get it" - You seem to believe in this notion of 72 virgins in some mythical world - There is no comparable situation for there to be evidence, "generational first" - Repeat your initial radical opinion Classic. Safe to say from your command of French, you shouldn't be too worried about doing business in France.
Ronny's just a troll. He tends to **** all over threads. This tax is okay, but I hope we get a tax on wealth in the U.S.
I kind of think a payroll tax hike across the board would be best combined with a rock bottom capital gains tax just to steer as many people as possible towards saving and investing.
As Americans, we are extremely fortunate to be the reserve currency of the world. We are able to influence and change our monetary supply at will in these tough times -- or else we'd all be bread lines like the men of the 1930's. I'd also like to point out as you illustrate via your chart, we too once had a tax rate at ~90% for extreme rich. This is not unprecedented. While the French do not have the same luxuries as we do, in the end they may have the last laugh. They are getting their fiscal house in order, something that we will eventually have to address as well.
Translation: The salaried workers that are the engine of the economy should bear the majority of the burden, while we give a free pass to the capitalists that sit on their ass and press buy and sell on their computer monitors all day, shuffle money around, and pretend like they do something useful. Hmmm....
I don't get why more people don't sit around on their butt and do nothing but make fortunes. According to many on this board it is the easiest job in the world!
As a part-time Frenchman, I think it's funny to see Americans take one grain of data -- this 75% -- on the French economic system, interpret it in the context of the American economic system, and then conclude with grand sweeping implications regarding the dire straits France will soon by facing as a result.
Then why don't you just go press a button and simply shuffle money around? Or are you just down with the "engine" workers for the camaraderie of the common man? At the end of the day, 20% of $1Million >>> 20% of $100K. This, "pay your fair share" notion is pathetic.
Give him several million dollars, and I'm sure he could. If you have $3 million, all you do is dump it all in 30 yr Treasuries, and you have a guaranteed risk-free $100k annual income. However you want to look at it, that's much easier than having a job that pays $100k annually. Basically, pouhe is suggesting that once you're rich and make all your money from investments, you no longer should pay taxes.
Because, more and more frequently, the people who sit around, produce nothing, and make fortunes are those who were born with money and connections. On a scale of 1 to 100, it's infinitely more difficult to get from 1 to 10 than it is to get from 50 to 100.
